`Don't Forget Your Child'

OPINION - Reader Views

August 8, 2004

It is becoming a nationwide horror, this business of forgetting to take your baby or toddler out of the car. It has happened twice in Florida recently, and I have no doubt it will tragically occur again.

Instead of worrying about the unborn, let's focus on the already born. I believe the law is now that these infants must be placed in the back seats for their own safety, ironically contributing to their being abandoned by parents whose minds are elsewhere.

There used to be an abundance of "Baby on Board" signs on the back of vehicles. I propose a sign to post inside the front of the vehicle that might read, "Don't forget your child, stupid."